Combination curtain ring and fastener.



H. P. HANSEN L I. ERICKSON. GQMBINATION CURTAIN RING AND PASTENBR.

APPLICATION fILED NOV. 5, 1906. 906,132.v

Patented 1360.8, 190s` UNITE@ l HTATES HANS P. HANSEN AND IVER ERICKSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

COMBINATION CURTAIN RING AND FAS'IENER.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that we, HANS P. HANSEN and Ima ERICKSON, citizens of the United States, and residents of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and Improved Combination Curtain Ring and Fastener, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to means for supporting curtains, portires and the like on curtain-poles or rods, and its obj ect is to provide an improved ring which is adapted to engage both the pole or rod and curtain or portiere.

Another object is to provide a device of this kind which may be easily and quickly applied to the curtain and which may be removed from the pole or rod without removing the latter from its fastenings.

A still further object is to improve the appearance of curtain hangings.

The ordinary and well known form of curtain-ring comprises a comparatively large ring which must be slipped over the end of the pole or rod and a smaller ring or eye which is pendent from the large ring. To the eye or small ring is attached a fastener which is substantially a safety pin in appearance and the latter is pinned onto the fabric of the curtain, drapery or portiere. Its hold is such that it easily tears the fibers or threads of the curtain or drapery and is more or less inconvenient to attach and detach and when in place rather detracts from than improves the appearance of the curtain fastenings. At least one end of the pole or rod must be removed from the windowframe before the rings can be mounted and various devices for supporting the pole or rod, including those which must be unscrewed from the window frame before the end of the pole or rod can be released.

Our invention, on the other hand, contemplates the provision of a ring of ordinary appearance which has integral gripping-jaws adapted to very firmly engage the curtain, drapery, portire, or the like, and which are operable to open and close manipulation of the body of the ring. Furthermore the ring is an open one and same and its jaws are constructed and arranged to normally hold the jaws closed and to open and separate said jaws to receive either the curtain or pole without disturbing the fastenings of the latter.

Speccation of Letters Patent.

Application filed. November 5, 1906.

Patented Dec. 8, 1908.

Serial No. 342,025. i

With the above-named general objects in view our invention consists in the novel construction of curtain-ring and fastener and in the combination of parts hereinafter illustrated in detail, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and incorporated in the appended claim.

In the drawing-Figures 1 and 2 represent substantially full size perspective views of a curtain-ring embodying our invention and showing the ring from two opposite sides. F ig. 3 is an edge view, the dotted lines showing the ring contracted and its jaws opened. F ig. 4 is an elevation of a window with a lace-curtain applied thereto with the aid of our invention.

Referring in detail to the several views, 2 represents an open ring made of elastic material, preferably spring-metal. The ends of the ring are bent outwardly and widened and the ends or widened parts are formed into a pair of aws, grips or clamp-members 3 and 4. The member or jaw 3 has an open slot or opening 5 therein which receives the opposite end of the ring proper and permits said end with its jaw to be slipped entirely out of engagement with the opposite end and jaw so that the ring may be expanded and the jaws entirely separated so that a curtainrod or pole may pass therebetween.

As shown, the jaws are arranged so that they interlock the ends of the ring against its expansion and the elasticity in the ring is tensioned so as to normally hold the jaws closed. This arrangement also makes convenient the opening of the jaws because all that is necessary to accomplish such opening is to compress the ring in the palm of the hand so as to slightly reduce its diameter, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 3. The free edge or edges of the jaw 3 are formed into ribs or flanges 7, 7 which cover the points of the teeth 8 formed in the edge of the opposite jaw.

When the fabric is gripped between the jaws it is also pinched between the flanges 7 and the teeth 8, the slot 8 permitting a slight sliding movement of the jaws against each other so that the teeth and the flanges may separate slightly in the'plane of the two jaws when closed to permit different thickness of material to pass between the teeth and the flanges.

In Fig. 1 the jaws are shown in dotted lines as disengaged and the ring expanded lll beyond its normal size and adapted to pass over the pole o? rod laterally. The jaws have virtually a three-fold hold upon the fabric, namely, the pressure engagement between the adjacent faces of the jaws, the pinch-hold between the edges of the jaws and the toothed engagement.

In Fig. 4, where the curtain 9 is shown suspended in front of the window l() on an ordinary curtain-pole 11, the neat appearance of the device is made apparent.

To remove the curtain from the rings the latter are simply compressed and to remove the rings from the pole without taking down the latter the jaws thereof are unhoolzed and separated sufliciently to allow them to pass over the rod. The release of the jaws from the curtain can, obviously, be effected in a small fraction of the time which would be required to unpin a pin for each ring. Curtalns must be washed at frequent intervals and therefore conveniences in connection with their hanging or removal are important.

le claim as our invention- An open elastic curtain ring having its ends formed into jaws which are wider than the body of the ring, one of said jaws having a recess which receives the end of the ring bearing the opposite jaw, and one of said jaws having flanges with teeth thereupon which overlap the edge of the companion jaw and are arranged to assist in supporting said companion aw, as set forth.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto setonr hands in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HANS P. HANSEN. IVER ERICKSON.

Witnesses M. ERICKSON, R. HANSEN. 

